Ideas

Op-Ed: Why the RCA’s conversion system is better than the alternative

The head of the Rabbinical Council of America offers a point-by-point rebuttal of a recent JTA Op-Ed criticizing the RCA’s centralized conversion system known as GPS.

Ideas

Charley Levine, top Anglo-Israeli PR professional, dies

The founder and CEO of the Israeli public affairs and media relations consultant company Lone Star Communications, Levine worked with dozens of international leaders.

Ideas

Op-Ed: Centralizing authority on conversions hurts converts

Israel recently moved to decentralize conversion. In America, just the opposite is happening. And the co-founders of a new modern Orthodox rabbinical organization think it’s a problem.